Introduction
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Latin American Films at UNC-Chapel Hill

Library of Congress Subject Headings

The Library of Congress (often abbreviated as LC) uses a system of select words to describe a particular subject. These descriptors or Subject Headings can be combined to describe a subset of a subject.

Following are example Library of Congress Subject Headings for Latin American cinema.
To search by Subject Heading, go to the UNC Libraries CATALOG and choose "subject" in the "Select Search Type" box.

(Note: the term Motion pictures not Cinema should be used. Cinema retrieves information primarily in French)

Motion pictures --Latin America
Motion pictures --Latin America --Biography
Motion pictures --Latin America --Reviews --Bibliography
Motion pictures --Latin America --Bibliography
Motion pictures --Latin America --History
Motion pictures --Social Aspects --Latin America
Motion pictures --Political Aspects --Latin America
Motion pictures --Brazil
Video recordings --Latin America

Browsing Areas

In the Library of Congress classification system, Latin American resources fall under more than one area. For example, you will find information about Latin American cinema in the history area as well as the cinema area.To browse the library's collection, it can be useful to know how materials are organized on the shelf.

What is a call number and how do you read it? Go HERE.

In any research, it is important to look across disciplines. To see how the Library of Congress classifies other subjects, visit this OUTLINE

Following are some browsing areas for Latin American cinema.